One of the chaps on the Wings at War FB group was kind enough to send me a scan of this set of two-page rules for convoy strike missions in WW2 (thanks Marcus). They are designed for multiplayer club games and are really rather nifty, with a hex-based movement and combat system that is simple yet elegant in design. The article even includes a guide to making your own hex cloth, which is worth a look even without the rules themselves.
The author, Dillon Brown, used 1/600th scale Tumbling Dice aircraft and 1/1200th ship models for his games, so both cheap and quick to get up and running. Although designed for Beaufighter rocket and torpedo attacks on German convoys off Norway or in the Bay of Biscay, they could be adapted to all sorts of situations, as suggested in the article. I quite like the idea of using Whirlwinds myself. A very interesting little set of rules indeed!
They look great- will the scans be available in the Wings at War FB page files section?
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.
I don't think so as its a magazine article, so copyright.
ReplyDeleteSend me an email using the contact form here and I'll send you a copy Pete
DeleteWondering if you knew which issue of MW the article appeared in?
ReplyDeleteI’m afraid not. I cut it out of the magazine and filed it for future use some time ago. The article was by one Dillon Brown of a club in Oxford. There was no reference on the pages. However, an attached article by the now editor John Treadaway referenced “Hammers Slammers: The Crucible” so probably 2010/11.
ReplyDeleteIt was in Miniature Wargames #363, unfortunately I only have electronic copies up to #350 and only kept the printed copies of the issues that Duncan Macfarlane edited - classics. I would like to see the rules as well if anyone has a copy.
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